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I know its very surnamey but lately I've been kind of liking Potter. Probably not as much as other 'er' names (Tanner, Carter, Sawyer) but its growing on me. so...what do you think? would you use it? what combos would you use?
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I like it....
I would use it(more so as a middle name though). I think it's a pretty good name.
I would use it(more so as a middle name though). I think it's a pretty good name.
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A pot is a offensive word for a lesbian in my country.
Not done.
Not done.
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Maybe 10 years ago you could have gotten away with it (only just though, for the excellent reasons pointed out by Chrisell)
But now, it's a bit like Lord of the Rings...
You probably could have named your daughter Arwen 20 years ago, and only say... 10% of people would have laughed and said "bit of a Tolkein fan??". But NOW, every man and his dog know about the movie and you just can't do it.
I think it would be a mistake...
But now, it's a bit like Lord of the Rings...
You probably could have named your daughter Arwen 20 years ago, and only say... 10% of people would have laughed and said "bit of a Tolkein fan??". But NOW, every man and his dog know about the movie and you just can't do it.
I think it would be a mistake...
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I'm not into it -- partly because of the excessive humbleness of the root 'pot' which Chrisell points out, and partly because old-profession-surname '-er' names make chilly, distant sounding, hypermasculine (beyond butch, to the point of "I am a rock, I am an island") first names to me (Parker, Tanner, Carter, Cooper, Sawyer, Webster, Booker etc). They fail the 'boom boom test,' near the bottom of the curve. Sorry. It could work as a middle name.
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Har!
Love your analysis of the problem with profession surname-names. They are very distant, aren't they? I'd add that they are frequently a tad pretentious, too, although Potter - in light of all the negative derivations of its root - doesn't quite make it to pretentious.
Love your analysis of the problem with profession surname-names. They are very distant, aren't they? I'd add that they are frequently a tad pretentious, too, although Potter - in light of all the negative derivations of its root - doesn't quite make it to pretentious.
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No, for so many reasons . . .
1) potty (n, 1) = a small pot into which a toilet-training child is taught to defecate
2) potty (n, 2) = mad, crazy, nutty
3) potter (v) = to wander about undertaking small tasks, esp in an absent-minded or ineffective manner, as of the elderly
4) Harry Potter.
5) Pot (n) = a colloquial term for marijuana/cannabis. Also, pothead (n) = one who uses pot.
I could go on but I'm busy. Essentially, no. I don't like its sound, either.
1) potty (n, 1) = a small pot into which a toilet-training child is taught to defecate
2) potty (n, 2) = mad, crazy, nutty
3) potter (v) = to wander about undertaking small tasks, esp in an absent-minded or ineffective manner, as of the elderly
4) Harry Potter.
5) Pot (n) = a colloquial term for marijuana/cannabis. Also, pothead (n) = one who uses pot.
I could go on but I'm busy. Essentially, no. I don't like its sound, either.
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